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UNITED STATES PATENT UEEiCE.

JAMES w. ROGERS, OE KiNesMILL, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINED DRILL, SEEDER, AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,919, dated July 8, 1890.

Ipplication filed February 2S. 1890. Serial No. 342,165. (No model.) Patented iu Canada September 7, 1885, No. 22414.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beitknown that l, JAMES WILEERT ROGERS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Kingsmill, in the countyof Elgin, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Drills, Seeders, and Grain-Cultivators, (for which Canadian patent was granted to me September 7, i885, No. 22AM of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to improvements on a machine for sowing seed broadcast or sowing grain by drilling it in rows, and a machine in which the drill-teeth may be detached and cultivatOrteeth secured in their place, so that the same machine can be used for a graincnltivator to stir the soil and destroy weeds, as well as fora grain-drill; and these improvements consist of a guiding-wheel controlled and held in position by suitable mechanism, whereby the machine, whether used as a graindrill or grain-cultivator, is guided in the required course to sow or cultivate the grain; and also of the combination of draw-bars connected together by rods, to which the horses are hitched,so that the horses in drawing the machine, when sowing or cultivating grain, will have no influence to turn the machine from its course when directed by the operator, and these draw-bars and rods, in combination with other draw-bars and rods and slotted bar, are for automatically changing the draft and wear from the teeth to the frame ot' the machine, and viceversa, when required and also of an improved spring-holder, to which either the drill or cultivator teeth may be secured, as required, which secures either the drill or cultivator teeth in position, at the same time allowing them to move back and free themselves from obstructions; and also of a guide-strip suspended from the machine for retaining the teeth of either a graiirdrill or grain-cultivator the same relative distance apart when the machine is in. operation.

The construction and operation will be more particularly explained with reference to the accompanying` drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine In this View one of the rear side wheels is removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same. Fig. 3 is a detail plan vview of the guiding-handles and attachments.

Fig. 4. is a detail plan view of the draw-bars and connections. Fig. 5 isa detail front end view ofthe forked upright and guiding-wheel, partly in section. Fig. G is an enlarged detail perspective View of the spring-holder. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the cultivator billing-tooth, regulator, and upright. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the cultivator hilling-tooth. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the bottom of the regulator. Fig. l0 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the cultivator cutting-tooth to be used for cutting and destroying weeds.

` A designates the main wheels, revolving on @the axle B, and C is the frame of the machine, connecting the aXleB to the upright D, the lower end of which upright D is forked. The front end of this frame C is secured to the upright- D, and is held in place between the shoulders formed by theV prongs D2 and the flange or collar F. This l'lange F is provided with mortises F', and the collar G is provided with studs G2, which lit snug in said mortises F, when required.

E is a guiding-wheel revolving on shaft E', the latter beingsupported in bearings in the prongs D2 of the upright D.

H H are handles resting on the cog-segment H9, by which the operator is enabled to guide the machine, and these handles are piv- Otally connected to the collar G, and the latter encirclcs the upright D.

G is another collar encircling the upright D, to which collar G the tongue J is pivot ally connected.

G3 Gr3 are studs projecting np from the collar G, Which studs lit snug into mortises J in the cap J, when required. This cap J is rigidly secured to the upright. D, and the up per end of the latter is braced and held in a rigid upright position bythe braces D", bracing the upper end of the uprightD to the frame C.

H2 is a dog pivotal on the handles ll, which dog H2 is drawn toward the upright D by the spring J 3.

Il ll are levers pivoted on the handles Il H, which levers are connected to the dog H2 by the wire rods H6.

HAl is a springbolt, which is held in place by and works back and forth in a socket in the brace H7, which brace Il7 connects the IOO handles H H. This spring-bolt H4 is drawn back from between the cogs of the cog-segment Hf by the levers H3,pivoted on the handles II H, the levers H3 being connected with the bolt H4 by the wire rods H5.

(1 is part of the frame of the machine, formed of iron or other suitable material, in which an elongated slot O is formed. Pivotally secured to this bar C by a bolt O, passing through slot O', is a draw-bar K. The head of bolt O prevents it from fallin gthrough said slot O. This secures and retains said draw-bar K underneath the part C of the frame of the machine, and this slot O per mits the bolt O and draw bar K to move slightly lengthwise of the machine, if required. lhe draw-bar K is connected to the draw-bar L by the jointed rods N N.

L is the draw-bar, to which the horses are hitched, and these rods N N are retained in a horizontal position at their front ends by the hangers or stirrups N N, suspended from the frame C. These hangers N', which support the front ends of the rods N N, are of a sufficient width to allow the rods N N to move perfectly free from side to side, and the col-- lar G,to which the tongue Jis pivotally connected, also turns perfectly free on the upright D, except when the studs G3 engage with the mortises J' of the cap J, so that if the horses hitched to the draw-bar L should sway from side to side while drawing the machine they would have no influence to turn the machine from its course when directed by the operator.

O9 is a bar situated below the part C' of the frame, and this bar OLJ is rigidly secured at the rear end to the' draw-bar K, and this bar O9 is supported in a horizontal position at the front end by a hanger suspended from the frame of the machine, and to this front end of the bar O9 one end of a chain O7 is secured, the other end of this chain being secured to the draw-bar O4, and both ends of this drawbar O4 are secured to the shaft O5 by chains O2. This shaft O5 is supported from the under side of the frame of the machine by pivotal arms O3, and to this shaft O5 the end of each of the draw-bars O6 is pivotally secured. The construction and arrangement of these drawbars and rods are for the purpose of automatically changing the wear and draft from the frame C of the machine to the teeth, or vice versa, because as soon as the teeth S S or S3 engage with the soil the draft and strain come directly on them through the rods N N, draw-bars K, and bar O, chain O7, draw-bar O, chains O2', and shaft O5, with which they are in connection through the drawbars O6. There is no strain of the teeth drawing through the soil on the frameC of the machine as the draft comes on the bar Ovfrom the draw-bar K, because when the teeth are engaging with the soil the bolt O is adjusted near the center of the slotOin the barC. When the drilling or cultivating is finished, the teeth are disengaged from and raised and held up clear from the soil. The draft and wear of drawing the machine then comes on the frame C direct from the rods N N and draw-bar K, so that when the machine is drilling or cultivating the wear and draft will be on the teeth, and when the machine is moving along the road or from one field to another the wear and draft will be on the frame C of the machine. The other or rear end of each pair of draw-bars O6, as shown particularly in Fig. 6, are pivot-ally connected to the tooth-holder OS. one end to the draw-bars O6, the other end of this socket-arm Q being pivotally secured to one end of the braces Q', the other rear end of braces Q' being secured to the tooth-holder O8. Projecting up through this socket-arm Q is the elliptic spring Q3, which elliptic spring Q3 is riveted to the bracket Q4 of t-he socketarm Q.

Q5 is a block secured on the draw-bars O6, through which a set-screw Q6 passes. This set-screw Q6 screws into an enlarged flangepiece Q7, secured on the elliptic spring Q3, by means of which the tension of the elliptic spring Q3 is increased or diminished, according as the set-screw Q compresses said elliptic spring. v

Between the ianges afaof the tooth-holder OS the flange a' of the drill-tooth S3 is inserted and rigidly secured therein by bolta2 and ahook similar to a4. (Shown in Fig. 7.) By loosening the bolt a2 and detaching the drill-tooth S3 from the tooth-holder O8 either of the cultivator-teeth S or S may be rigidly secured between the flanges a a of the toothholder by the bolt a2 and hook a4.

P' is a regulator pivotally secured to the lower end of the upright P, and to this upright P may be secured either of the teeth S or S by the clamp S2.

S is a cutting-tooth for loosening up the soil and cutting the weeds.

S' is a hilling-tooth, the base of which at the point tapers outward, and as it passes through the soil loosens it up. The base of the tooth S' at the rear end tapers inward, and as it passes through the loose soil the latter is raised to cover over the roots of fall wheat when heaved or raised from the ground by the action of the frost. The upper front part of the regulator P,in front of the upright P, tapers toward the top and front, so as to allow it to pass in between and raise the tops of the grain-plants to allow the tooth S to cover their roots with soil without throwing the soil on the tops of the grain-plants. At the point and extending back and over the greater portion of the lower surface of the regulator P is a close bottom, which is tapered upward at the point, in order to allow it to ride perfectly free over the ground. Either of the teeth S or S' may be secured at any desired height on the upright P by the clamp S2, thereby gaging the depth at which the teeth are required to enter the ground below the base of the regulator P', and when Q is a socket-arm pivotally secured at IOO IIO

the teeth are adjusted to enter the ground any required depth that depth is maintained throughout by the regulators P'.

P2 are guide-strips extending down from the frame C or other part of the machine at equal distances apart and between each pair of draw-bars OG to hold and retain the lat-ter, as well as the teeth connected thereto, the same distance apart to prevent them from interfering when the machine is in operation.

T is a chain connecting an extension of one side of the draw-bars O" to the shaft T', which shaft T is revolved by the lever T2, and as this shaft T' is revolved it winds the chain T around it and raises the teeth SV or S' and regulators P' clear from the ground to travel from one field to another or along the road.

T3 is a seed-box et' a grass-seed sewer, secured to the frame C at the rear of the axle B, for sowing grass-seed when cultivating fall wheat. This seed-box T3 may be secured to the frame C in front of the axle B for sowing grass-seed when cultivating spring grain. This grass-seed sower Ts may be operated by a chain belt and wheels or other`suitable device, and may be provided with a chute or detleetor to deliver the seed well in front or at the rear of the eultivator-teeth, as required.

TT is a grain-box of a grain drill-sewer, from which the seed is taken by the tube TS and delivered to the drill-tooth l 4In guiding this combined drill, seeder, and grain-cultivator, when used either for sowing or cultivating grain, the operator grasps the handles H Il at the rear of the machine and presses on the levers H3. This instantly withdraws the spring-bolt H4 from between the cogs of the cog-segment H9, which allows the handles H H to move perfectly free any distance required to either side, these handles ll H at the front of the machine being connected to a collar G and the studs G2 of the collar G being inserted in the mortises F' ot the flange F of the upright D. As the operator moves the handles ll H horizontally to either side the upright D, as well as the guid ing-wheel E, is adjusted readily and easily to turn oll at any angle to either side to guide the machine in the direction required, and very little power is required to be applied to the rear ends ot' the handles H lI to adjust and set the guiding-wheel E, on account of the long leverage of the handles ll H, and as soon as the guiding-wheel E is adjusted in the proper direction the levers H are released, when the s] ring-bolt lll is projected between the eogs of the cog-segnicnt Il. This firmly holds the handles at that point and prevents them from accidentally moving to eitherside, thereby preventin the guiding-wheel E from moving from its course, so that the guidingwheel is set to travel in a direct line, which guides the rear wheels as well as the drill or cultivator teeth steadily,and in a direct course to sow the grain when drilling, or between the rows of the grain-plants when cultivating without bruising or injuring them, and after the machine has traveled in this direct cou rse the length of the field and it is required to turn the machine around the rearendsof the handles H H are pressed downward, the cogsegment H9 forms afulcrum for them, so that as the handles H H are depressed at the rear end, they are raised at the frontend, and as the handles H H are raised at the front end the studs e2 are withdrawn from the mortiscs F', and the front ends of the handles H H are farther raised until the studs Giare inserted in the morlisesJ' in the capJ, when the dogHZis acted on bythe springJ3 and drawn over on the shoul-4 der, which firmly holds the handles H ll-I in this position and allows the horses to turn the tongue J, as well as the guiding-wheel E, to either side independent of the handles H H, Ain order to turn the machine around. As soon as the machine is turned around,the levers H are eompressed,which draws the dog H2 oft from the shoulder X,which allows the handles H H, with the collar G and studs G2, to be lowered to their original position. The tension of the elliptic spring Q3 is suflicient under all ordinary circumstances to retain the drill or eultivator tooth up to its Work; but should the tooth meet with an unusual obstruction the elliptic spring Q3 would allow the braces Q', to be drawn back, which would allow the tooth to turn up and free itself, which would raise the socket-arm Q over the elliptic spring Q3, and as soon as the tooth was free the elliptic spring Q3 would bring the braces Q and socket-arm Q, as well as the tooth, back to their original position. This bolt Q2, to which the braces Q' are secured, may be withdrawn from the socket-arm and inserted in the socket X', formed in the lower part of the block Q5 and soeketarm Q. This is necessary when using the eultivatorteeth, because, owing to their shape, they require to move farther back to free themselves from obstructions than the drill-tooth. The bolt Q2 is secured in this cavity X by the tension of the elliptic spring Q3 on the socketarm Q. Vhen the eultivator-tooth comes in contact with an unusual obstruction, the braces Q' compress t-he elliptic spring Qis and allow the bolt Q2 to escape from the cavity X' and move back on the draw-bars OG until the tooth has been raised sutlicicntly to free itself from the obstruction, when the operator may readily return it to its original position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The forked upright D, guidingwvheel E, and shaft E', in combination with the collar or [lange F, formed with mortises F', collar G, formed with studs G2, handles H Il, and frame C, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specitied.

2. The forked upright D, guiding-wheel E, and shaft E', in combination with cellar G',

formed with studs G3, tongueJi, cap J, formed with inortises J', shoulder or collar X, dog H2, spring J3, handles H H, rods H, and levers IOO IXO

IZO

H', substantially as shown and described, and 5 for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the forked upright D, collars G G', provided with studs G2 G3,v respectively, cap J, provided with mortises, J', fiange F, provided with mortises F', guiding-Wheel E, shaft E', tongue J, frame C, handles H H, levers H H3, rods H5 H5, dog H2, spring J3, socketed brace H7, cog-segment H9, and spring-bolt H4, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

The bar C', formed with slot O', in combination with bolt O, draw-bars L, K, and O4, bar O, chains O2 and O7, rods N N, stil-'rups N', shaft O5, pivotal arms O3, and draw-bars O, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of the draw-bars O, tooth-holder O8, socket-arm Q, braces Q', elliptic spring Q3, and bracket Q4, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

6. The set-screw Q6, block Q5, and plate Q7, i in combination with the draw-bars O, foothllolder O8, socket-arm Q, lbraces Q', elliptic' spring Q'3, and bracket Q4, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

l 7. The combination of the draw-bars O6, tooth-holder O8, socket-arm Q, elliptic spring,r Q3, and bracket Q4 with the guide-strip P2 and its support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The regulator P', the front upper part of which is tapered upward and forward to the center from each side, in combination with a hilling cultivator-tooth the front upper end of which is tapered upward and forward to the center 'and the rear lower part inclined downward to the center, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of the two undersigned wit,

nesses.

JAMES W. ROGERS. ftnessesz P. J. EDMUNDS, A. EDMUNDS. 

